Non-Cow’s Milk and Children’s Height
Milk at meals is a healthy choice for kids over one year of age. Children need milk for calcium and vitamin D for healthy bones. Milk is also an excellent source of protein and provides many other nutrients important to good health. Most parents give their kids cow’s milk every day, but for many reasons, some parents are choosing to give their kids non-cow milk alternatives like Almond Milk or Soy Milk. A new study looked at the growth of children receiving cow’s milk, almond milk, soy milk, or rice milk. Study: the researchers studied over 5,000 children ranging in age from 2 -6 years. They looked at daily intake of cow’s milk and non-cow’s milk alternatives such as soy milk and almond milk. Findings: Compared with children who consumed cow’s milk, those who drank non-cow’s milk were shorter than average for their age .... For each cup of cow’s milk a child drank, they were 0.2 centimeters taller. Some ki...